World Photographer mode/Activities -- Couldn't take photograph VR

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Just noticed this last night when I went to go take a photo

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same issue here. Please fix it immediately - great THX! :camera:

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Unable to save any image in photo mode if VR was activated during that session of MSFS 2024.
SU3 1.5.27.0

Reproduction steps:

  1. Begin a flight in Free Flight
  2. Enable VR
  3. Enter Photo Mode
  4. Observe photos do not save
  5. Exit VR
  6. Observe photos do not save.
  7. End flight
  8. Begin new flight
  9. Enter photo mode
  10. Observe photos do not save.
  11. End flight
  12. Settings > Pilot Profile > World Photographer > change photo file path
  13. Begin new flight.
  14. Enter photo mode
  15. Observe photos do not save.
  16. Close MSFS
  17. Close VR software (I use WMR)
  18. Open MSFS
  19. Begin a flight
  20. Enter photo mode
  21. Photos successfully saved.
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Hello,

SIM INFORMATION

  • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
  • Sim Update 2 Beta (1.4.10.0)
  • Game Platform Steam
  • Meta Quest 3

ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:

  • cannot take screenshots in photo mode with VR active

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?

  • Yes, issue also occurs without any mods installed

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you?

  • every time with VR mode active

  • after sim load it initially works in non-VR.

  • After trying in VR once, it no longer works in non-VR either

  • Will work again after disabling the Beta option in Steam

  • No change to VR graphics settings, foveated rendering not used

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. enable VR mode
  2. open photo mode - GUI “frame shows”
  3. take picture - shutter sound plays but no preview pic. is shown
  4. screenshot folder is empty - no png

YOUR SETTINGS

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
i7-14700KF

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes

Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:
• Screenshot work in nonVR mode at first , if we switch to VR , screenshot dont work . and if go back to nonVR , screenshot dont work anymore

If relevant, provide additional screenshots/video:
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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes

Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:
• I am experiencing this in the release version of Sim Update 2, 1.4.20.0

Nvidia 4070 Super, driver version 576.40
Quest 2 VR headset, software version 76

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Same for me, and as of now even in SU3 beta while in VR photos do not save from the Camera Mode. In 2D they save fine, no issues.

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Just as an FYI, there is a workaround. It’s a bit clunky, but it works 100% of the time for me. If I go into photo mode, then hit Alt+Tab to go out of VR mode, then I can move around, compose my shot (better than I could do in VR since it’s flat screen and limited FOV like the resulting photo), take the picture (which works, because I’m in flatscreen mode), and then hit Alt+Tab to go back to VR mode, and finally exit camera mode.

The last part I always do in this order, because I find that Flatscreen→VR is less likely to crash if I’m in photo mode. I think this may be fixed in SU3 (or at least they fixed a Flatscreen→VR crash, and I’ve not seen these crashes since updating) but the habit is still there.

The key is to always be in flatscreen mode at the moment you take the picture. You can be in VR mode at any other time, just not when the shutter is snapping.

Agree that this should be fixed (disallow picture-taking in VR as a quick bandaid if the underlying issue is too hard to easily diagnose–this will force the user to do something like the above steps) but for now, I can still take pictures at least.

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This does not work for me. If VR has been activated during that session of MSFS, photo mode doesn’t work in VR or flatscreen. I can only use photo mode if I startup and remain in flatscreen.

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Same for me. Doesn’t work if VR has been used.

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same i can play photo challenge in 2D (but no interrest for me…) but not in VR. i can take picture “clic clac” sound but nothing happen :tired_face:

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Still happening in SU4

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Same here. In VR, I cannot take any pictures. It used to work at launch and I still have a few early shots I took in VR in my screenshot library. But since SU2, no shots get saved.

That’s a pretty big game breaking bug (for the photo challenge mode) and it’s still not fixed in SU4?!!

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Hi,

I have exactly the same issue, same behavior as the one you describe. I thought I reported it but can’t find a trace.

So, I’m not alone …

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I have also the same problem.

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:

In VR Photo aren’t stored after executing the command take photo.

Note that if I begins by non VR flight, the command is working, after a switch in VR mode the command doesn’t work anymore invluding after a return the non VR mode.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

Always since the last time i used FS2024 (somes monthes)

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. Flight in VR mode

  2. Enter in photo mode

  3. Take a photo

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are you using:

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode : NO

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use : RTX 4090

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?

MEDIA

Please add a screenshot or video of the issue occurring.

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This bug was introduced in SU2 but is still not fixed in SU4.

I appreciate all the improvements we did get in SU3 and SU4, but really wish this would be fixed soon.

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Hawkins Heli Tour photo mode is not registering pictures if taken while in VR mode.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

Every time

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Take a photo while in VR. It does not register or trigger the additional info. The photo can not be found.

YOUR SETTINGS

Empty Community folders

What peripherals are you using:

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?

No.

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

N/A

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?

RTX 5090

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?

Z690 Hero, i9 12900k, 1200w PSU, 64GB RAM, SSDs

MEDIA

N/A

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Still the same here, in 2D it is working, after VR was enabled the sim has to be restarted

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Targetting Sim Update 5 for a fix for this – will let you know how this goes.

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